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Two Vancouver women are set this June to become the first Canadian and first female pair to row across the vast Pacific Ocean; 3,900 kilometres from Monterey, Calif., to Honolulu, Hawaii. Rebecca Berger and Leanne Zrum will compete in the first Great Pacific Race, along with 12 other crews.

A marine consultant involved in B.C. oil-spill issues for a quarter century says the risks of a tanker oil spill associated with Enbridge Northern Gateway are simply too great for the project to proceed. Gerald Graham of Victoria-based Worldocean Consulting Ltd. said that calculations based on Enbridge’s own research show there is a 8.7-to-14.1-per-cent chance of at least one tanker spill greater than 31,500 barrels over a 50-year period, depending on whether the pipeline has a 525,000 or 850,000 barrel per day capacity.

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